Neil Young, the legendary Canadian-American rock ‘n’ roller, has announced that his entire catalogue of music will be free for a year to residents of Greenland. The statement was made in a public letter on his website, Neil Young Archives, which hosts 60 years of archived content such as concert films, studio outtakes, and his entire discography for subscriptions of $24.99 to $99.99 a year.

In his statement, Young wrote:

“I’m honored to give a free year’s access to neilyoungarchives.com to all of our friends in Greenland. I hope my Music and Music films will ease some of the unwarranted stress and threats you are experiencing from our unpopular and hopefully temporary government. It is my sincere wish for you to be able to enjoy all of my music in your beautiful Greenland home, in its highest quality. This is an offer of Peace and Love. All the music I have made during the last 62 years is yours to hear. You can renew for free as long as you are in Greenland. We do hope other organizations will follow in the spirit of our example.”

To get signed up, residents of Greenland can go to neilyoungarchives.com/Greenland.

At the same time, Young is following through on a pledge he made back in October to remove his catalogue from Amazon’s music streaming service. Young cited Bezos’ financial backing of Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, and Trump’s subsequent policies, as the imputes for the removal of his music from Amazon.

In an announcement titled, “Why I don’t use Amazon”, Young wrote:

“Amazon is owned by Jeff Bezos, a billionaire backer of the president. The president’s international policies and his support of ICE, make it impossible for me to ignore his actions. If you feel as I do, I strongly recommend that you do not use AMAZON. There are many ways to avoid AMAZON and support individual Americans and American companies that supply the same products. I have done that with my music and people who are looking can find it in a lot of other places.

Record stores provide all my vinyl and CDs, while the digital world has many alternative options to purchase my music if you like it. My music will never be on AMAZON, as long as it is owned by Bezos. My position is unfortunately harmful to my record company in the short term but I think the message I am sending is important and clear.

Thanks for buying music locally or from independent Digital services.”

In 2022, Young removed his catalogue from Spotify in protest of the streamers exclusive hosting deal with Joe Rogan’s podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, which Young criticized for spreading misinformation about Covid-19, but in 2024, Young’s music returned to Spotify when Rogan’s podcast became available on other streamers.

Young posts regularly about politics and the media landscape on his website, neilyoungarchives.com.